SANTA MONICA FILM FESTIVAL MOXIE! AWARDS
"Dennis Franz presents Joe Mantegna with The Moxie! Tribute
Award"
On Monday Feb. 28th, the Santa Monica Film
Festival awarded its annual accolade the MOXIE! AWARDS to
14 independent filmmakers. The evening opened with a lavish
seafood buffet catered by the well-known Gladstones Restaurant,
preceeded by music by DJ Kevin Lincoln. The Awards were
then presented by a variety of people including Michelle
Brookhurst, A.J. Buckley, Jennifer Crystal, and Marley Shelton.
Finally the tribute award to Actor/Director Joe Mantegna
was presented by a surprise appearance of his longtime friend
Dennis Franz. Modern violinist Lilli Hayden closed the evening.
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Best Animation
|
The
Indescribable Nth |
Oscar
Moore |
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Best Experimental Short
|
Punch
Drunk |
Stefan
Haves |
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Best Contemporary Short
|
Protect-O-Man |
Chris
Shelton |
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100% Best Documentary
|
Shadow
Boxers |
Katya Bankowsk |
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Best Comedy Feature
|
Space
Between Us |
Matthew
Leutwyler
|
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Best Cinematographer
|
Wally
Pfister |
Hi-Line |
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Best Producers
|
Michael
W. Abbott
Lee Super Supercinski |
Synergy |
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Best Screenwriter
|
Chris
Ver Wiel |
Blink
Of An Eye |
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Best
Director
|
Mikki
Allen Willis |
Shoe
Shine Boys |
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Best
Actress
|
Rachel
Leigh Cook |
Hi-Line |
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Best
Actor
|
Tom
Wright |
Dumbarton
Bridge |
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Best
Dramatic Competition
|
Rites
Of Passage |
Victor Salva |
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Special
Recognition Jury Award
|
Blink
Of An Eye |
Van
Fischer |
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Moxie!
Audience Award
|
Shoe
Shine Boys |
Mikki
Allen Willis |
FINALISTS
FEATURES
DRAMATIC COMPETITION
BLINK OF AN EYE ( Van Fischer )
DUMBARTON BRIDGE ( Charles Koppelman )
HI-LINE ( Ron Judkins )
LAST CALL, THE ( Steve Kurland )
RANDOM SHOOTING IN LA ( Jeff Delman )
RITES OF PASSAGE (Victor Salva)
COMEDY COMPETITION
AMERICAN DREAMER ( Alex Cohn & Mike Landry )
ATTENTION SHOPPERS ( Nestor Carbonell )
SEVEN GIRLFRIENDS ( Paul Lazarus )
SHOE SHINE BOYS ( Mikki Allen Willis )
SPACE BETWEEN US, THE ( Matthew Leutwyler )
100% - DOCUMENTARIES COMPETITION
WACO – A NEW REVELATION ( Jason Van Vleet )
SYNERGY ( Valerian Bennett )
SHADOW BOXERS (Katya Bankowsky )
JOHN STRASBERG: ACCIDENTLY ON PURPOSE ( Cheryl E. Grant
)
WADD – LIFE & TIMES OF JOHN C. HOLMES ( Cass Paley )
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
CHARADES ( Stephen Eckelberry )
KAREN BLACK: ACTRESS AT WORK ( Kerry Feltham )
MIXED BLESSING ( Nadine Bass )
SHORTZ
UNIQUE ANIMATION #1
I USED TO LIVE BY THE SEA ( Slava Ushakov )
INDESCRIBABLE NTH, THE ( Oscar Moore )
LOS GRINGOS ( Rob Letterman )
MOUSETRAP ( Christopher Leone )
MUM( Nicholas Peterson )
PSYCHO LEGOS ( Jamie De Ruyter )
ROCKY IV ( Rachel Max )
SHORT LEGS, THE ( Slava ushakov )
THAT STRANGE PERSON ( Eileen O'Meara )
VEDMA (Allison Schulnick )
MY FATHER #2
DADDY’S
LITTLE GIRL ( Mathys Geijskes )
DAVID PROSHKER ( Larry Eisenberg )
INTERIOR LATEX ( Matt Wilkins )
PAPA ( Philip Scarborough )
SLOW POKE ( Karol Siegel )
THREE POINT TURN ( Diana Lucas Leavengood )
ONE STEP BEYOND #3
BATH TIME ( Lee Shulman )
CHECK IN, THE ( Giuseppe Andrews )
COWBOY AND THE BALLERINA, THE ( Mark Joseph Isham )
FRANK IN FIVE ( Graham Streeter )
NEWSPAPER, THE ( Martin Lutes )
PUNCH DRUNK ( Stefan Haves )
DYING YOUNG #4
A BOX OF COOKIES ( Lito Torres )
A GOOD LIFE ( Jason Graham )
REQUIEM ( Roy Unger )
THROUGH RILEY’S EYES ( Sue Turner- Cray )
VIGILANCE ( Daniel Lawrence )
REACHING SANITY #5
ALIENATION ( Wilma Schinella )
CREAMPUFF ( Jared Seide )
GOBI & GOD ( Evangelos Maderakis )
JENNY JAMES STORY (Eric Cheevers )
RITUALS AND RESOLUTIONS ( Michael A. Stein )
SMALL WORLD, THE ( Mark Efman and Dean Blagg )
EXTRAORDINARY SITUATIONS #6
AMY STILLER'S BREAST ( Becky Neiman )
GODSON, THE ( Jeremy Alter )
GUESTS, THE ( Daniel Libin )
HOTEL SOAP ( Leroy Koetz )
REGULAR JOE ( David Schweizer )
STOP BREAKIN’ DOWN ( Glenn Marzano )
SUBMITTED FOR YOUR APPROVAL ( Paul Giorgi )
TELL – TALE HEART, THE ( Wayne A. Hazle )
TRANSFORMATION, THE ( Barry Strugatz )
BEHIND THE GLAMOUR #7
A TESTIMONIAL ( Alex Kosene )
ANNIE PAUL ( Michael Levine )
CLAIRE MAKES IT BIG ( Jeremy Workman )
DANCING COW ( Taz Goldstein )
LA PHANT ( Glen Swan & Melissa Denton )
PITCH, THE ( Rob Lyall and Alex La Gory )
SCOTT’S PLAY ( Tom Sheppard )
LOVE, AND OTHER 4-LETTER WORDS #8
4AM – OPEN ALL NIGHT ( J. Miller Tobin )
CALL WAITING ( Michael Goorjian )
COTILLION ’65 ( Judy Chaikin )
DAVE’S BLIND DATE ( Matthew Alper )
ESTETYKA ( Joao M. Machado )
PROTECTO-O-MAN ( Christopher Shelton )
LET ME TELL YOU A STORY ( Marlene Rhein )
STUBBLE TROUBLE ( Phillip Holahan )
LITTLE BIG BATTLES #9
CLOSET, THE ( Shawn Schepps )
JOHNNY BAGPIPES ( Todd Korgan )
LADIES ROOM LA ( Eric Simonson )
JUST A MATTER OF TIME ( Edward Stanulis )
LADIES ROOM LA ( Eric Simonson )
SELF STORAGE ( Chris Nolan )
TANGO FLUSH ( Orlette Ruiz )
TEX, THE PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE GUNSLINGER (Brian Sawyer )
UGLY NAKED PEOPLE ( Jessica Landaw )
